April 16, 2009

Intently focused

By | April 16, 2009

With a closer focus on the perpetrators, The Associated Press photo captures the gravity of the situation on campus. Its widespread circulation may have helped it win the Pulitzer Prize. (Photo Credit: Steve Star / Associated Press)

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This is the second in a series of four interviews with people involved with the Willard Straight Takeover of 1969, in which black students took over the Straight to demand greater equality for minority students at Cornell. The interviews, along with a newspaper supplement and panel discussion in April, will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the takeover.

This is the first in a series of four interviews with people involved with the Willard Straight takeover of 1969, in which black students took over the Straight to demand greater equality for black students at Cornell. The interviews, along with a newspaper supplement and panel discussion in April, will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Takeover.